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Originally Posted by IronFather
Wow! Thank you for sharing your journey. I'm trying to convince my wife in taking a roadtrip next year in our M850. I've promised myself I won't be trading it in with less than 6k miles like I've done with previous sport cars I've owned. Loved the scenic photos and the small town rural areas. So much beauty in this country that sadly a lot of folks dont get to see ir experience.
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Thanks. Yup, been doing road trips my whole life. They're just better now with a better car.
The M850 really gets it done. Never get tired of the small towns.
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Originally Posted by tsbrown
Really enjoyed reading this. Thank you for the story and pictures. What is it that makes the 8GC so good at touring like this? Power, comfort, handling, etc? My wife and I have time for these kinds of adventures and I think my 540i would excel at it but she doesn’t have as much patience for the backroad wandering as I do. With the car now 5 years old I’ve been considering the 8GC or a G60 540ix to eventually replace it. Both are about the same size now.
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Thanks, man. When I finally went from the F10 535 to a 550 V8, well, road tripping just got better. Then the G30 M550 made it even more fun. I had 530 and 540 loaners during my 550 days. I thought the 540 was particularly nice. Great around town. But, it just wasn't the same on the road. Then I went F90 for awhile. Wow. Did a 3,500 miler thru Utah. Lots of lonely roads where you could really open it up. Fabulous cars, but it still wasn't quite doing it for me. Enter the M850. Still brutally fast. Handles well (better with the wider tires that I put on, however) and extremely comfortable for 12 hour days. It just chews up the miles. I suppose the number one reason has to be the power, though. If you are spending a lot of time on 2-lane highways, it's always nice to be able to make mince-meat of the slower cars, trucks and motor homes - and not require a large section of road to do it.
For both of you, if you enjoyed this thread, you might like two others.........
From summer 2023, you can't beat the beauty of the Canadian Rockies:
https://f92.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2034508
Or, from fall 2022, the magnificence of Colorado and Utah
https://f92.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1966646
Safe travels
